noun, masculine/tɔ.le/plural: tollés
outcry; backlash
“Le gouvernement fédéral a annoncé hier qu'il rendait hommage au controversé premier ministre en rebaptisant ce qu'il appelle la fenêtre sur le monde de la métropole québécoise. L'annonce a suscité un tollé chez les nationalistes québécois et les citoyens de Mirabel.” — The federal government announced yesterday that it would honour the controversial prime minister by renaming what it called the Quebec metropolis's window on tbe world. The announcement has sparked an outcry from Quebec nationalists and the citizens of Mirabel.
Inherited from Old French tolez, imperative form of toldre (“take away”), from Latin tollere.